Botulinum toxin and the facial feedback hypothesis: Can looking better make you feel happier?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1061-1072

  Alam, Murad ^a   Barrett, Karen C ^b   Hodapp, Robert M ^c   Arndt, Kenneth A ^d,e,f,g  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g SkinCare Physicians of Chestnut Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MUSCLE RELAXATION; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); BOTULINUM TOXINS; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; HAPPINESS; HUMANS;

EID: 43249109862     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.10.649     Document Type: Editorial

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